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64-604: Weetwood is an area between Headingley and Meanwood in north-west Leeds , West Yorkshire , England . It is bounded on the north by the A6120 (Outer Ring Road), on the west by the A660 (Otley Road), on the east by Meanwood Beck and to the south by Hollin Lane. Weetwood Lane runs north and south through it. The area lends its name to and sits in the Weetwood ward of Leeds City Council , which

128-565: A Premier Inn . More recently, Cloth Hall Court has also been disposed of and sold to their neighbour, The University of Leeds. The remaining largely 1960s buildings of the former polytechnic were reclad in the early 2010s. New high-rise student accommodation has been built around the City Campus and includes Opal Tower and the Sky Plaza . These are now the tallest buildings in the Northern half of

192-465: A VAD nurse during the Great War. Residing at Spring House were Olive's two sisters-in-law; Gertrude Middleton (1876–1942), a former Oxford University student who also worked as a VAD nurse at Gledhow Hall and her sister Ellen Middleton (1872-1949) who volunteered as " head cook " at Gledhow Hall. Another of Olive's sisters-in-law was Caroline Middleton (1876-1961) who worked as a VAD nurse at

256-478: A large lawn called the Acre. On the two sides are buildings of the same date and materials, which were originally halls of residence for the college students but are now teaching facilities. These are also Grade II Listed buildings. Bronte Hall was designed by G. W. Atkinson. The others were designed by the runners up in the architecture competition, using Bronte as a template but allowing individual touches. The five halls on

320-408: A lead roof. It is of classical Neo-Georgian style by G. W. Atkinson, the winner of an architectural competition. The main entrance is reached by a flight of stairs to a recessed portico framed by 4 Corinthian pillars and a pediment above, and the building as a whole was constructed around two internal quadrangles. However, these have now been filled in to create large lecture theatres. During

384-813: A mile away from the centre of Headingley. There is a Premier Inn hotel above the Arndale Centre in the tallest building in Headingley, formerly an office block. Headingley is also famous for the Otley Run , which is a pub crawl starting at Woodies Ale House in Far Headingley and finishing at the Dry Dock near Leeds City Centre. Typically the Otley run is done in fancy dress. Many famous writers, past and present, are connected with Headingley: Arthur Ransome , best known perhaps for

448-589: A new stand and media centre. Headingley is also known in sporting circles; its stadium is known as Headingley – earlier spelt Headingly. The stadium is home to the Yorkshire County Cricket Club , the Northern Superchargers franchise cricket team , the Leeds Rhinos rugby league and Yorkshire Carnegie rugby union clubs. Northern Diamonds play some of their games at Headingley in

512-555: A number of sporting and cultural partnerships, both in the UK and overseas. Simon Lee embarked on a controversial programme of partnerships with external bodies during his time as vice-chancellor, which were dubbed as "rubbing shoulders" after the university took a majority stake in the Leeds Tykes rugby club, renaming it Leeds Carnegie . It was subsequently revealed that the club signed Waisale Serevi after he had been paid for other work at

576-597: A school for the blind. Headingley also has a typical example of a 1960s Arndale Centre . Housing in Headingley is generally Victorian and early 20th century and mostly of little architectural note. The ITV television series Fat Friends was set in Headingley. Large amounts of the eighties ITV Beiderbecke Trilogy was filmed in and around Headingley and Beckett Park , along with Moor Grange and Pudsey . Parts of Headingley stood in for Northern Ireland in Harrys Game , and A Touch of Frost used locations in

640-508: A student hall of residence built in the 1960s, the Carnegie Village, was opened in August 2009, providing on-campus accommodation for 479 students. The university provides 4,500 bedrooms in a variety of locations and all first year undergraduates are guaranteed a place in university accommodation, so long as Leeds Beckett University is the student's first choice university. Carnegie Village

704-447: A suburb. With exception of Beckett Park and the surrounding area, most of Headingley had been developed by the beginning of the 20th century. In the 1911 census the population of Headingley was in excess of 46,000. Leeds Beckett University (formerly Leeds Metropolitan University) has a campus at Beckett Park in Headingley. Much of the housing around Kirkstall Lane is rented to students. The conversion of Leeds Polytechnic into

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768-483: A university and its subsequent growth brought about an increased student population. Headingley Stadium hosts England test matches and rugby league matches bringing many spectators to the area. The cricket ground has been enlarged to maintain its eligibility for test matches and in 2006 the eastern terraces on the rugby ground were replaced with the Carnegie stand. The winter shed cricket pavilion has been replaced with

832-564: A water pumping station. In Headingley Central (formerly the Arndale Centre ) there are large retailers and several other chain shops as well as a small multi-storey car park . Headingley also has a small library on North Lane. There are many banks, building societies, restaurants, cafes and charity shops. Along Otley Road there is a large Oxfam bookshop. Until 2005, Headingley had two cinemas, 'The Lounge' and ' The Cottage Road Cinema ' (usually referred to as 'Cottage Road'). The Lounge Cinema in

896-667: Is a modern building, as is the Roman Catholic parish church of St Urban's, located to the east of the area. Hinsley Hall in Headingley is the pastoral and conference centre for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds . The small Lutheran church of St Luke's in Alma Road was converted from the coach house and stable of a Victorian villa. The Anglican Bishop of Leeds and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds both live within

960-597: Is about 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from the City campus, and accommodates 388 students. This is also a converted industrial site. Two of the most popular accommodation buildings are next to each other in Burley near The Leeds Studios and 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from City Campus. Formerly owned by Opal Property Group and now owned by Greystar Real Estate Partners , they are Marsden House (previously Opal 1) and Leeds Student Village (previously Opal 2). Accommodation types not owned by

1024-640: Is also part of Leeds Central and Headingley parliamentary constituency . The Weetwood ward for local government purposes includes areas known as Far Headingley (south of the above), West Park (west of the A660), Ireland Wood (north of the A6120), and Tinshill . Its three Leeds City Councillors and the terms for which they are currently elected, are Izaak Wilson ( Labour Party , 2022–2026 ), Jools Heselwood (Labour Party, 2023–2027 ) and Emma Flint (Labour Party, 2024–2028 ). The population of this ward

1088-538: Is based at Portland ( 53°47′48″N 1°32′55″W  /  53.7968°N 1.5487°W  / 53.7968; -1.5487 ), in the Leeds city centre. Facilities include a Mock Courtroom, a Hydra Foundation Suite, study spaces and a Postgraduate Resource Room. In November 2006, the university won the award for "outstanding contribution to the local community" at the annual higher education awards ceremony hosted by The Times Higher Education Supplement . It also came second in

1152-439: Is believed to originate from Old English , combining Head(d)inga, meaning 'of the descendants of Head(d)a,' with lēah, signifying 'open ground.' In essence, it translates to "the clearing of Hedda's people". Headda has sometimes been identified with Saint Hædde . A stone coffin found near Beckett Park in 1995 suggests there may have been an earlier settlement in late Roman or post-Roman times. From Viking times, Headingley

1216-681: Is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels . It is a large, grade II* listed , steepled church on the corner of Otley Road and St Michael's Road, opposite the Skyrack public house. The Church was built between 1884 and 1886 as the third church on this site. There is a separate parish of Far Headingley , with its parish church of St Chad's (also a large steepled church and grade II* listed). South Parade Baptist church (1908 and 1925, part of Cornerstone Baptist Church since 2020) and Headingley Methodist Church (1840–45 and later extensions) are both grade II listed. St Columba's United Reformed church

1280-486: Is in the Leeds Central and Headingley constituency. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Alex Sobel ( Labour Party ) who has represented the area since the 2017 general election . The ward of Headingley and Hyde Park has two Labour councillors , Abdul Hannan and Jonathan Pryor and one Green councillor, Tim Goodall. Headingley has two renowned fish and chip shops/fish restaurants which have been operating since

1344-586: The Leeds Mercury in the 19th century, lived at Headingley Lodge, north of Kirkstall Lane, and then St Ann's Hill on St Ann's Lane. The social reformer, suffragist and writer Isabella Ford was born in Headingley in 1855. Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe committed two of his 20 attacks in Headingley. He killed 20-year-old Jacqueline Hill – the last of the 13 women he killed – in the area on 17 November 1980. On 24 September that year, he had also attacked Singapore -born doctor Upadhya Bandara, 34, who survived

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1408-648: The Charlotte Edwards Cup and Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy . Since 2000, the stadium's cricket ground has been nearly entirely rebuilt in order to retain Test match status. The winter shed was demolished in 2008 and replaced by a new stand and media centre. The rugby ground also saw development with the building of the Carnegie Stand which replaced the former Eastern Terraces. This was built with co-operation from Leeds Beckett University who retain lecture rooms in

1472-622: The Elinor Lupton Centre , Moorfield House in Alma Road and the former St Margaret of Antioch church building on Cardigan Road. The mid-19th century listed building Spring House in St Michael's Road, Headingley, was the address for VAD nurses during this time; Olive Middleton , great-grandmother of the Princess of Wales , was attached to "Spring House, St Michael's Road, Headingley" when working at Gledhow Hall and elsewhere as

1536-575: The WW I and WW II it was used as a military hospital. It is now named after James Graham, Secretary of Education of the City of Leeds, who was a major instigator of the Training College, and greatly involved in the planning (some at his own expense) and supervision of the project. He also named all of the Halls, apart from Priestley, which was chosen by a committee. The James Graham Building stands in front of

1600-451: The 1930s: Brett's, a 19th-century stone building on North Lane, and the now permanently closed Catch Seafood Headingley (formerly Bryan's and then The Fisherman's Lodge), a more modern building on Weetwood Lane whose parent company entered administration in October of 2022. There are several pubs and bars plus extensive shopping areas. The pub Headingley Taps is so called because it was formerly

1664-498: The 2nd Northern General Hospital, Leeds. A number of premises were named Spring House in and around Leeds, at times operating as a Home for Friendless Girls in the early decades of the 20th century. Headingley Castle was built in 1846 and was owned in 1866 by cloth merchant Arthur Lupton (1809–1889) of the Lupton family . It was the home from 1909 to 1943 of entrepreneur and art collector Frank Harris Fulford , and later used to house

1728-644: The City of Leeds College of Education (f. 1907 as part of City of Leeds Training College ) joined Leeds Polytechnic. In 1987, the Polytechnic became one of the founding members of the Northern Consortium . After plans to change the name to Leeds Carnegie were abandoned, in 2013 it was announced that the Board of Governors had applied to the Privy Council to change the name to Leeds Beckett University, after one of

1792-552: The East were for women, the two halls on the West were for men (women being more numerous as teachers). This is a Grade II* listed building of ashlar gritstone with blue slate roofs and a lead-covered dome. The earliest portions date from 1752, but there were major alterations in about 1834 and 1858 by the Beckett family, who ultimately sold it and the surrounding estate to Leeds Corporation to build

1856-607: The Faculty of Arts, Environment and Technology, the Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design, and the School of Cultural Studies and Humanities, as well as student accommodation. Three buildings on the site have been disposed of since becoming a university, the Brunswick building was sold and in 2008 demolished; it is now the site of the Leeds Arena . A further tower block has been sold and is now

1920-519: The Headingley area. According to one source "Headingley has the most important group of large and small villas and mansions in the city. " and has more than 100 listed buildings. Parts of Headingley are included in Conservation areas established by Leeds City Council . Individual listed buildings include St Michael's Church and associated buildings, the Hyde Park Picture House ,

1984-543: The Leeds Mechanics Institute was founded. The institute later became the Leeds Institute of Science, Art and Literature and in 1927 was renamed Leeds College of Technology. In 1970, the college merged with Leeds College of Commerce (founded 1845), part of Leeds College of Art (f. 1846) and Yorkshire College of Education and Home Economics (f. 1874), forming Leeds Polytechnic . In 1976, James Graham College and

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2048-652: The annual Headingley LitFest, which takes place each March, using venues like the Heart Centre, The New Headingley Club, various cafés and private houses. The tenth LitFest took place in 2017. Reviews of all talks and performances are online on the LitFest blog. In the time of Queen Victoria, Prince Alemayehu of Abyssinia, brought to England after the defeat of his father King Tewedros , died of pneumonia at an address in Hollin Lane, Far Headingley . Edward Baines , editor of

2112-561: The area. Images of Headingley Leeds Beckett University Leeds Beckett University ( LBU ), formerly known as Leeds Metropolitan University ( LMU ) and before that as Leeds Polytechnic , is a public university in Leeds , West Yorkshire , England. It has campuses in the city centre and Headingley . The university's origins can be traced to 1824, with the foundation of the Leeds Mechanics Institute . Leeds Polytechnic

2176-419: The assault. Sutcliffe was arrested within two months of Hill's murder and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment for a total of 13 murders and seven attempted murders. The Headingley Development Trust (HDT) is a community benefit society, founded in 2005 by local residents, organisations and small businesses. It is a community business that is self-financing and supports. a range of initiatives that benefit

2240-649: The birthplace of school education in Leeds. The latest additions for the 2008/09-year were the Rose Bowl, the new home of the Leeds Business School, opposite the Civic Hall and designed to reflect the facade of the Civic Hall, and the Broadcasting Place complex, including Broadcasting Tower, a new set of buildings which fits in with the red stone brick buildings famous in Leeds and which provides teaching space for

2304-755: The building. Headingley is also home to an amateur association football team, Headingley AFC. The club nearly folded after losing its home ground, but was offered a new ground in 2008 by the University of Bradford . It nows plays in Weetwood Playing Fields, owned by the University of Leeds. They attracted media attention in January 2019 for featuring a shirt sponsor warning of the dangers of gambling. There are also two amateur cricket clubs ( Headingley Bramhope CC & St. Chads CC) in Far Headingley . Headingley

2368-451: The centre of Headingley has since closed and is being redeveloped as office and living accommodation, leaving only Cottage Road in Far Headingley . The area's Woolworths closed in the 1990s. Until the 1980s, the Arndale Centre boasted a bowling alley . The Arndale Centre began undergoing an external facelift in 2009. The nearest large supermarket is a Morrisons in Kirkstall , approximately

2432-565: The children's classic Swallows and Amazons , was born there, J. R. R. Tolkien the writer and author of The Lord of the Rings , lived there when he worked at the university, playwright Alan Bennett once lived over a butcher's shop (now a dry cleaner's) opposite the Three Horseshoes and TV writer Kay Mellor lived in Weetwood. Many writers and poets who currently live in the area participate in

2496-648: The city centre, to the north west along the A660 road . Headingley is the location of the Beckett Park campus of Leeds Beckett University and Headingley Stadium . The area sits in the Headingley and Hyde Park ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds Central and Headingley parliamentary constituency . Headingley is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Hedingelei or Hedingeleia when Ilbert de Lacy held 7 carucates, equivalent to about 840 acres, of land. The name

2560-566: The city centre. A 100-acre (40-hectare) campus sited in Beckett Park , Headingley, the campus is connected to the city centre by Headingley railway station which is a short walk from the campus. Bus routes on Otley Road and Kirkstall Lane are also close by. The main building was constructed in 1912 as the Education Block for the City of Leeds Training College and is a Grade II Listed Building of red brick, gritstone ashlar dressings, slate and

2624-527: The coat of arms: This comprises a number of locations on the northern side of Leeds city centre , largely between the Inner Ring Road and the University of Leeds campus. In addition to the former Polytechnic site, several other buildings have recently been acquired. These include: Old Broadcasting House, the former home of the BBC in Leeds; Electric Press, a building on Millennium Square ; and Old School Board,

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2688-493: The college and make a public park. It was used by the college as a hall of residence for men, but the university converted it into IT offices and service areas. In 2006, the campus extended beyond the confines of Beckett Park to include the Carnegie Stand at the Headingley Stadium . This dual-purpose stand accommodates more than 4,500 spectators, and also provides teaching rooms and a hall. After bulldozing R. W. Rich Hall,

2752-570: The edition of 29 July 2010 of the BBC Radio 4 documentary "Face the Facts". Leeds Beckett Students' Union is the representative body for students and is affiliated to the National Union of Students . In 2012, it was voted the second best Students' Union in the city of Leeds and 39th nationally. In 2016 it was voted 6th best SU in the country. The union on the City Campus has a Student Advice Service and

2816-549: The land was owned by Kirkstall monastery . Following the dissolution of the monasteries, the area went into private hands, notably the Foxcroft family who held it from 1583 until 1741, building a manor house, Weetwood Hall in 1625. The Meanwood Beck provided power for Weetwood mill and Walley's tannery from 1656 to 1820. In the Middle Ages Weetwood Lane was the principal route between Adel and Leeds, and particularly to

2880-585: The local community. HDT has over 1,200 members, making it one of the largest Development Trusts of its kind in the UK. In 2018 it successfully raised over £480,000 through a community share offer to create the Headingley Investment Fund (HIF). Since 2011, HDT has operated the Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART). It also runs several publicly-operated local businesses and a variety of cultural initiatives. Headingley Parish Church

2944-602: The main category, "the university of the Year", which was won by the University of Nottingham . In this category, the university was highly commended for its "low-charging, high impact" strategy. In June 2007, the university was recognised for its environmentally friendly attitude by being ranked number one in the UK in the Green League 2007 : a ranking of sustainability in the higher education sector, compiled by People & Planet . In June 2013, Leeds Beckett University became only

3008-473: The market in Headingley . The construction of the Leeds to Otley Turnpike (now the A660 Otley Road ) in 1741 provided a faster link so that residences began to be built, particularly after 1840. In June 1853 Ann Husler inherited Weetwood Quarry from her husband, and ran it successfully until her death in 1874. Weetwood Hall is now a hotel and conference centre, which includes a manor house and buildings of

3072-494: The mid 19th century, Far Headingley had begun to develop over what was largely unclaimed common land. Headingley was a village until the expansion of Leeds during the Industrial Revolution and became a popular suburb where the rich moved to escape the filth and pollution of the city. In 1840, Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens opened but despite the opening of the nearby Headingley railway station in 1849,

3136-436: The monaster received the remainder of the township of Headingley-cum-Burley from John de Calverley. A map of 1711 shows Headingley as having a chapel, cottages and farmsteads scattered around a triangle of land formed by the merging of routes from north, west and south. Enclosed fields were situated around the settlement with a large tract of common land, Headingley Moor, to the north. In an 1801 census , Headingley's population

3200-529: The name of a hill, a hall which stands on it, and a residential area within Weetwood. The hall was built in 1863 for the Tetley family of Tetley's Brewery . It is now Moorlands School. Fox hill also includes other Grade II Listed buildings, Weetwood Grange (1861), now flats, and Weetwood Croft (1898) now a university student residence, Oxley Hall. Headingley Headingley is a suburb of Leeds , West Yorkshire , England , approximately two miles out of

3264-438: The rankings. In common with many institutions in the UK, and globally, the university maintains an open access repository that comprises an open access research archive and an OER repository: A store of open educational resources produced at Leeds Beckett that are freely available for reuse under a Creative Commons (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales) licence . The university has established

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3328-400: The same name dating back to 1625. It is a Grade II* Listed building of local gritstone ashlar . The porch is of Classical design, with widely spaced Ionic columns, and the interior has elaborately plastered ceilings. It was taken over by the University of Leeds in 1919 and was a hall of residence until 1993, when it took on its present role after extensive re-development. Fox Hill is

3392-511: The third university in the UK to achieve the Customer Service Excellence standard, a Government benchmark awarded to public sector bodies who demonstrate a commitment to driving customer-focused change within their organisation. In 2013, the university obtained the Gold Investors in People standard, one of only a handful of higher education institutions to do so. In January 2015, Leeds Beckett University entered Stonewall's nationally recognised league table of gay-friendly employers at number 51 in

3456-426: The university a "limited confidence" rating, due to concerns over maintenance of academic standards. In 2009 Simon Lee resigned following a series of controversies over the university's fees strategy, allegations of bullying and foreign travel for his wife paid for by the university. The chancellor, Brendan Foster , also resigned less than a month later. The controversies that led to these resignations formed part of

3520-425: The university are: Leeds Law School offers undergraduate, postgraduate and professional law courses, as well as having a Law Research Unit. Postgraduate law courses include the Legal Practice Course (LPC) and the conversion course, the Graduate Diploma in Law. Undergraduate courses include the LLB (Hons) Law. The Dean of Leeds Law School is Deveral Capps, who joined Leeds Beckett in February 2015. Leeds Law School

3584-656: The university vary. Across North Leeds there are many sites which are primarily low-rise buildings, often converted from a former industrial use. The growing number of sites around the city centre has led to the building of new highrise complexes, these include CLV Leeds (previously Opal 3 ), The Skyplaza and Broadcasting Tower . Peter Slee joined the university as Vice-Chancellor in September 2015, succeeding Susan Price, who had been in post since January 2010. The current Deputy Vice-Chancellors are Paul Smith (Strategic Development), Andrew Slade (Research & Enterprise) and Phil Cardew (Academic). The schools which constitute

3648-553: The university's founding colleges, Beckett Park , which in turn was named after Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe . The proposed change resulted in a backlash among students. The Privy Council approved Leeds Metropolitan University's application to change its name to Leeds Beckett University in November 2013. The name change took place in September 2014. Leeds Beckett University was granted its arms in 1993 under warrant authorised by Sir Conrad Marshall John Fisher Swan, Garter Principal King of Arms (1992-1995). Symbolism found within

3712-402: The university. The university sold its stake in April 2009. The university spent large sums on other partnerships, including £423,000 to the Northern Ballet Theatre and £283,000 on the Irish Football Association . In April 2014, the Quality Assurance Agency confirmed the quality and standards of provision at Leeds Beckett University. In October 2009, the Quality Assurance Agency gave

3776-554: The zoo was loss-making and closed in 1858. The bear pit survives on Cardigan Road. Meanwood Beck , to the east of the village, was a source of water for the early inhabitants and later provided a source of power for the Victorians of Leeds. The Leeds Tramway terminated at a depot at Far Headingley between 1875 and 1959. The trams improved the accessibility of Headingley from Leeds city centre , which facilitated growth and attracted affluent middle class inhabitants. The tramway perhaps ended Headingley's village status and made it into

3840-447: Was 22,375 at the 2011 Census. Weetwood is part of the Leeds Central and Headingley parliamentary constituency, and its MP is Alex Sobel ( Labour Party ). The name (earlier Wetewode) means the wet wood to the west of Meanwood Beck . The main activities of the area were quarrying the sandstone which underlies it and charcoal burning and later iron smelting in bloomery furnaces which occurred from 1240 to 1550. For most of this time

3904-475: Was formed in 1970, and was part of the Leeds Local Education Authority until it became an independent Higher Education Corporation on 1 April 1989. In 1992, the institution gained university status. The current name was adopted in September 2014. The annual income of the institution for 2016–17 was £221.4 million of which £3.4 million was from grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £217.1 million. The university traces its roots to 1824 when

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3968-399: Was given as 300. An 1829 Act of Parliament enclosed Headingley Moor and the land was placed for sale. Around 30 workers' cottages encroached on the fringes of the moor before 1829. Land here was generally cheaper than that at Headingley Hill as it failed to attract the building of affluent villas. This brought about the building of smaller terraced housing around Moor Road and Cottage Road. In

4032-419: Was newly built in September 2010 and provides Passivhaus standard townhouses and apartments at Headingley Campus. The largest hall is Kirkstall Brewery on Broad Lane which has places for over 1,000 students and is about 2 miles (3 kilometres) from the Headingley campus. As its name suggests, it is a former brewery property, but is mostly modern blocks. The second largest is Sugarwell Court , in Meanwood , which

4096-466: Was the centre of the Skyrack wapentake or Siaraches , the " Shire oak ". The name may refer to an oak tree that was a meeting place for settling legal disputes and raising armies. An ancient oak, said to be the Shire Oak , stood to the north of St Michael's Church until 1941, and gives its name to two public houses, the Original Oak and the Skyrack. During the 13th century, William de Poiteven gave land in Headingley to Kirkstall Abbey . In 1341,

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